It's one thing to have two players going at each other in a scuffle-y nature like the "fight" involving Dez Bryant earlier in Cowboys training camp. It's a whole different ballgame when two teams, like the Cowboys and Rams, are training together and all hell breaks loose.
That's what happened on Tuesday night, with the two teams at practice and things getting VERY brawl-y in nature.
Huge fight at Cowboys-Rams practice... @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/Jvk3P0XvrA
— Pat Doney (@PatDoneyNBC5) August 19, 2015
Fights like this before social media? Probably pretty common. And no one cared. Now? A fairly massive deal to have two teams brawling like this near fans. Nothing happened that we know but there's certainly potential for issues if fans get involved in the action.
It was intense enough to get Dez to leave whatever he was doing (talking to Jerry Jones?) and sprint over to help out.
88. When you are talking to Jerry Jones but needed in a fight pic.twitter.com/7uckuhEKKU
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) August 19, 2015
Seriously, these things happened -- and will continue to happen -- all the time before we had video that could go public within minutes of the brawl happening. But that doesn't make the scene any less concerning given the proximity to fans.